We've had 4 high-end dedicated servers with a hosting company for almost 2 years. Since then, technology has marched on and the servers they are offering new customers are much higher spec than ours - for the same price. Is it reasonable to expect them to upgrade our servers for free to bring them into line with their current offerings?
posted by Dag Maggot on Apr 7, 2009 - 11 answers

Where can I find accurate, concise information on short-to-medium term technical problems in the data-center/server/colo markets? [more inside]
posted by gadha on Apr 29, 2008 - 1 answer

Help me understand bandwidth, servers and net speed in general please! [more inside]
posted by fightorflight on Apr 11, 2007 - 17 answers

I need a recommendation for colocation space in the SF Bay area. Requirements and [more inside]
posted by autojack on Nov 14, 2006 - 3 answers

Host Network Monitoring: I have a colo box. I can watch traffic levels on it using mrtg. But how do I find out what is causing the traffic I see on the pretty graphs? [more inside]
posted by cmm on Mar 21, 2006 - 7 answers

Help me find and resolve a traffic bottleneck at my co-location. We launched a new web-app (it registers users and delivers flash content) at my work and the server fell over at about 17 conn/sec. Help me prevent this from happening again. [more inside]
posted by fishfucker on Feb 14, 2006 - 13 answers

Colocation: What are the best colocation facilities in the Michigan area (or elsewhere if it's very good)? What do I need to know about server administration, what books do I need to read, and is it worth the hassle? [More inside] [more inside]
posted by banished on Nov 2, 2004 - 5 answers

I have a webserver colocated in Los Angeles, where I live. I am moving to New York in a few months and I'm wondering if I should take the server with me. I have a ridiculously great deal at my current facility. How big of a deal is it to have a server in colocation in a far away location? (The server has RAID 1 and hot-swap drives, if that helps.)
posted by 4easypayments on Apr 6, 2004 - 4 answers